Series
National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: COU 1
What's it about?
COU 1
This series principally contains registered files of correspondence and papers of the National Parks Commission from its establishment in 1949 until its replacement by the Countryside Commission in 1968. The files are divided into 19 themes:...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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COU 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1949-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series principally contains registered files of correspondence and papers of the National Parks Commission from its establishment in 1949 until its replacement by the Countryside Commission in 1968. The files are divided into 19 themes:
- General (G)
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AB)
- Brecon Beacons (BB)
- Broads (BS)
- Country Code (CC)
- Cornwall (CL)
- Dartmoor (DR)
- Exmoor (ER)
- Lake District (LD)
- Long Distance Routes (LR)
- Northumberland (ND)
- North Yorkshire Moors (NY)
- Pembrokeshire Coast (PC)
- Peak District (PD)
- Publicity (PY)
- Roman Wall (RW)
- Snowdonia (SA)
- South Downs (SD)
- Yorkshire Dales (YD)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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This series may contain temporary gaps in piece ranges as records are being transferred by two different transferring departments. Descriptions for the affected pieces will be made searchable on our online catalogue (Discovery) shortly after transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the National Parks Committee and Wildlife Conservation Special Committee are in:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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G and other file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Countryside Commission, 1968-1999
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1684 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1970 Countryside Commission
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5352/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: COU
Records of the National Parks Commission and the Countryside Commission
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National Parks Commission and Countryside Commission: Correspondence and Papers